Stenciling device



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A. HUREWITZ sTENcILING DsvIcE Filed oct. 15, 1924 f I "N v BY y@ 7 2@ 2;f7 I ATroRNEYs Patented Sept. 14, 192.6.

UNITED s'rfns'zsv 1,600,172? Alabirinti oFFicE.

ABRHAM HUREWITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STENCILING DEVICE.

Application fried octoberis, leali. semi No. 743,301.'

This invention hasrelation to stenciling devices which are particularlydesigned for the purpose of stenciling packing cases, .packages or inany other capacityin which a stenciling device may be used.

The invention contemplates a stenciling device which includes Vaplurality of individual stencil elements and a frame for interchangeablyassembling said elements for use.

One of the outstanding objects of the present invention is to provide astencling device of the character set forthwhich facilitates theinterchangeable association of the stenciling elements with the framemember.

The invention furthermore comprehends a stenciling device which'isextremely simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture andproduce and which is highly eicient in its purpose.

lVith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel constructon set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanyinor drawings, it being understood that the right is reservedto embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein, to the fullextent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claimsVare ex-v pressed. v

In the drawings-- it Y Figure 1 is a plan view of one formof thestenciling device withthe stenciling elements v associated withtheframe; Y Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional viewtherethrough takenapproximately on the line indicated at 2 2 in Fig. V1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view illustrating theslightly modied form of the invention;

Fig. l is a similar view of a further modiication of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of a still further modified form ofthe invention;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken'approximately on the line 6-6 of Fig.5;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line 7---7y ofFig. 5. i

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference and particularly tothe form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,

10 designates generally theV frame of'thef stenciling device which isconstructed of a single piece of material cut to provide a transverseend memberll having alpluing devices 16.

rality of parallel outer andy intermediate arms 12 vand 13 projectingfrom one side thereof. The confronting side edges of the cuterandintermediate arms 12 and 13=are provided with longitudinal grooves 14;which definev guideways for the reception of the offset edges 15constituting tongues for the stencil elements 16 each of which elements16 are constructed from a Asheet of material having the stenciledletters, numerals or other indicia 17. The stencil elements 16 areadapted to be inserted betweenV the adjacent arms 12 or 13 through thegrooves 14 which extend through the free ends of the arms. The offsetedges 15 of the stencil elements 16 dispose therbottom. faces of theelements 16 in the same plane with the bottom faces of the arms` 12 and13 whereby the complete device may be laid flat upon the surface of thearticle to be stenciled.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated'in Fig. 3 the stencilelement supporting frame is made up of two super-imposed sheets ofmaterial 18 and 19 so that the arms of the stencil element frame havethe lower sheet `19 provided with an intermediate upstanding rib 2Owhich produces the grooves or guideways 21 for the stencil-l In themodified adaptation of the invention illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 thestencil device frame is composed of upper and lower sheets of material26 .and 27 and-in this instance the arms of the upper sheet 26 areprovided with upwardly offset side edges 28 which define between saidedges 28 and the VVsideV edges of the lower sheet 27 the grooves orguideways 29. In this instance it will be also noted that the upper andlower sheets 26 and 27 are connected together by inserting the upstrucktongues 30 of the i lower sheet 27 through the slits 31 in the uppersheet 26 as clearly illustrated in Figs. I

5 and 6. l

I claim y 1. A stenciling device including stencil 'elements' havingindicia stenciled therein, rand a supporting framefor removably Vandinterchangeably receiving said elements comprisinga plurality ofparallel arms having groovesl in their confronting edges for Areceivingthe edges of the stencil elements, Vand a transverse connecting` memberat one end of the same, said frame comprising a plurality ofsuper-imposed connectedk layers ofmaterial. V

` betednpper corners defining a reduced 'Central rib :which togetherwith the side edges of the layer defining the opposite arms producesgrooves for receivingrthe edges of-.the stencil elements.

A3. A -stenciling device including stencil elements having indiciastenciled therein, anda supporting frame for removably andinterchangeably receiving said elements in assembled relation,comprising upper, lovver and iiniermediate*layers oi' material eachhaving a plurality of spaced parallel arms and a connecting member atone end of the arms, the arms ofthe intermediate layer being of lesserWidth than the arms of the upper rand lovverlayersto define grooves atthe opposite side edges of the iframe .arms for receiving the edges ofthe stencil elements.

,ABRAHAM HUREVVITZ.

